Yoluuit 29
Agencies Begin Move Into
New Courthouse Offices
Some of the county, state
and federal agencies housed
in the courtrouse and Briggs
Building began making the
move to the new courthouse
Wednesday. A complete move
of all the agencies and local
county offices will be moved
within a few days, a county
official said.
The new courthouse, re
cently completed and inspect
ed. will house all the county
offices, agricultural and U. 8.
Forest Service Offices.
Formal celebration of the
opening of the new county
building will be held upon
completion of landscaping,
the official said.
E. L. Dillingham, county
agent, who is in charge of the ‘
landscaping, said this week
that the native shrubs will be
used where possib'e. The For
est Service will furnish rho
dodendron as well as other
shrubs, Dillingham said.
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SHEREE LISA RANKS
TO PORTRAY HELEN
KELLER IN OPENING
PLAY
Sheree Lisa Banks, the ten
year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Banks of Burns
. vihe, has been chosen to por
tray Helen Keller in the Park
way Playhouse’s ooening phy
of the season, THE MIRACLE
WORKER, by William olbeon,
A pert blonde with flashing
brown eyes, Sheree Lisa re
igned as IBM’s Junior Rho
dodendron Queen.
Sheree Lisa will be under,
the direction of company
manager Ed Anderson. Set in
19th century Alabama, the
play spans a one month per
iod in the life of deaf, sight
less Helen Keller. Helen has
virtually no communications
with her environment until
Annie Sullivan undertakes
the "impossible” task of tea
ching her the meaning of the
most basic language symbols.
Annie Bulllvan's struggle to
penetrate Helen’s mind is the '
dominating theme of the play,
which will be presented July
eighth, ninth and tenth. c
THE YANCEY RECORD
Dr. C. M. Whlsnant has do
nated three large boxwood
bushes for the landscaping
project, Dillingham said.
John Harris, horticulturist
at N. C. State College, will
assist in the seeding and plan
ting of trees for the lawn.
. G*m Simon Spooks
To Moo’s Club
Gene Slrmon. deputy direc
tor for work at Job Corps
Camp Schenck, was guest
speaker at the Monday night
meeting of the Men’s Club
here. Mr. Slrmon has spent
several years with the Forest
' Service prior to accepting his
present post. He was invited
to speak to the club by Don
Funking, Forest Service .Offi
cer stationed here.
Camp Bchenck, located near
Brevard in Transylvania Cou
nty, is one of two Job Corps
located in Western N. C. The
other is near Franklin and is
headed by Harvey Price, who
was with the Forest Service
here before going to Franklin."
7' Mr. Slrmon «aid the Rrtvard
camp is set up with sever,
barrack type buildings that
will house thi’-ty youths each.
Job Corps Camps are made
up of school drop-outs with
ages ranging from sixteen to
twenty who not only have had
very litt'e education, but who
have never been trained to
work. And the majority of
youths in the camp are from
broken homes, Simon said.
A county or community has
to be willing to have a Job
Corps Camp within its bounds
befo*e a camp may be estab
lished, the speaker said.
Junior Angus Fluid
Doy To Bo Hold
August 7
Voung beef cattle enthus
iasts from North and South
Carolina will meet August 7
at the fairgrounds in Hender
sonville, North Carolina, for
the annual Caro'ln as Junior
Angus Field Day.
All interested persons are
invited to the event which
will be designed to help boys
and girls do a better Job of
■ selecting, feeding, fitting and
showing their steer and heifer
projects.
The field day, which starts
at 10:00 a. m., is sponsored
by the Carolines Junior Angus
Club and the North and South
Carolina and American Angus
Associations. The program will
include demonstrations o n
clipping and grooming an an
imal for the show, feeding,
showmanship, and how to re
cognize correst beef type, ac
cording to Dean Hurlbut, dir
ector of Junior activities for
.the American Angus Asaocia
*%U6n.
In addition, the program
will include talks by leading
cattlemen in the area.
Pudlcatud To T|»u Prognss Os Yaucuy County
lurwivlllu, N. C. Thartday, July 1, 1965
NO RECREATION
CHARGES THIS
SUMMER SAYS
TAYLOR
' WASHINGTON Congress
man Roy A. Taylor has an
nounced that no fees of any
kind will be charged this sum
mer for the use of recreation
areas in the Great Bmoky
Mountains National Park.
Rep. Taylor was given this
assurance Friday by Qeorge
B. Hartzog, National Park
Service Director.
Ha tzog said the decision
was the result of an amend
ment added by Taylor to the
Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act which specifically
prohibits entrance fees in the
Great Smokies.
The national parks director
Indicated that he will soon
propose a schedule of entran
ce charges for designated
campgrounds along the Blue
Ridge Parkway.
Under the provisions of the
act, the schedule must be sub
mitted to the Oovemor at
least 60 days before it can
become effective.
“It seems unlikely that fees
would be imposed at Parkway
campgrounds earlier than
September", T-vior sal*.
Mr». Young Dios
In Tampa,Flo.
Mrs. Tina Kanlpe Young.
78, of Tampa, Fla., formerly
o< Marlon, died unexpectedly
in her home In Tampa Tues
day, June 22.
- Ms. Young was a daugh
ter of the late Daniel A. and
M. A. Kanlpe. Her father, a
sergeant in C. Troop, 7th U.
S. Cavalry, was said to be one
of thp last men to see Gener
al George A. Custer alive,
prior to the Battle of the Lit
tle Big Horn. Mrs. Young was
a native of McDowell County
and attended Marlon High
School and Claremont College
for girls at Hlcko y. Upon the
retirement of her husband
they had moved to Tampa.
Surviving are the husband,
A. A. Young of Tampa and
Burnsville: three sisters, Mrs.
Ray Walker of Tampa, Mrs.
Dave Hodge of Knoxville,
Tenn, and Mrs. J. L. Page of
Asheville; a brother, .Raleigh
Kanlpe of Asheville; and.
several nieces and nephews.
Sendees were held at 11 a.
m. Saturday in McCall’s Fun
eral Home.
The Rev. Donald Cayne of
ficiated and burial was in
Oak Orove Cemetery.
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JULY4 ,H „
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Parkway Playhouse Launches
18th Season
Burnsville’s unique Parkway
Playhouse launches its 18th
season July eighth with a six
week program consisting of
five major productions, an
original children’s play, a
three week adult art clinic,
and the ninth annual Burns
ville Arts and Crafts Festival.
William Gibson’s interna
tionally acclaimed,, play, THE
MIRACLE WORKER, directed
by company manager Ed An
derson and running from
Ju'.y 8-10 examines Helen
Keller’s- determined battle to
belong to a world she could
not see or hear.
In contrast, the second pro
duction, SEND ME NO FLOW
ERS, by Herman Barusch and
Carroll Moore, is a devastating
comedy. Directed by Fred
Koch Jr, and playing Julv 16-
17, the play is about a hope
less hypochondriac hilariously
thwarted by his wife and
best friend
A comedy with a nostalgic
flavor is the third play of the
season, as Samuel Taylor’s
THE HAPPY TIME is present
ed July 22, 23 24. Under the
1 direction of Lauren K.
the focal point of the play is
the fond childhood memories
of the author as seen through
the adolescent eyes of the
central character, Bibl.
THE HASTY HEART, a
comedy-drama by John Pat
rick is the season’s fourth
play. A healthy inlection of
humor into a basically tragic
situation gives the play an op
timistic essence. THE HASTY
HEART will be presented July
30-31 under the direction of
Ed Anderson.
Fuaural Held For
Torn Sllvuri
An 82-year old Yancey Cou
nty man, Tom Silvers of
Green Mountain RFD 2, died
at 1:45 a m. June 27 in an
Aflhevi’Jt? hospital of injuries
received June 3 on the wea
vervillt highway in a auto
accident.
_ \Mr. Silvers is survived by
the widow, Mrs. Zora Higgins
Silvers; two daughters, Mrs.
Floyd Xing of Joppa. Md., and
. Mrs. Calvin Willard 9f Drap
er; six sons, Bill and Isaac of
Draper, Avery of Burnsville
RFD 4, Lonnie of Spray, and
lari and Andrew Silvers of
Green Mountain RFD 1; four
sisters, Mrs. Rex Hensey and
Mrs. Dollie Higgins of Burns
ville RFD 1. Mrs. John Tipton
of Flag Pond, Tenn., and Mra
Hiram Higgins of South Caro
lina; a brother, Joe Silvers
of Burnsville RFD 4; 17 gran
dchildren and nine > great
grandchildren.
Services were held at 10
a. m. Tuesday.
The Rev. Charles Webb
and Rev. James Beaver offi
ciated and burial was in Hig
gins Cemetery.
Naoihar Forty Flvo
LADY BOUNTIFUL, an ori
ginal musical comedy written
and directed by Vincent Petti
and Leonard Adriance. is the
final link in the production
chain. Based on the 18th cen
tury restoration play, THE
BEAUX STRATAGEM, the
play will premiere at the-
Parkway Playhouse and run
August 6,7. 9, 10.
This year’s adult art clinic
will be an especially valuable
opportunity for frustrated ar
tists to cover the canvasses
with creativity. The three
week course which includes
instruction in oil and water
color painting and drawing in
pen, pencil, and wash begins
Ju'y 21st and continues thro
ugh August sixth. Guest ar
tist is talented Norman Bak
er Koski, director of graphic
arts at the Unlv. of Miami
and Norton Gallery in West
Palm Beach. Florida.
The annual children’s thea
tre program will feature In
original play. Registration for
the five week program which
Includes creative dramatics,
dance instruction, and a ma
jor children's production, be
gins July second.
Rounding out the theatre's
activities is the popular Arts
and Crafts Festival of Burns
ville. In its ninth year, the
festival promotes man’s reun
ion with Nature and the
creative arts.
Miss Coopur
Awardud Scholarship
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Miss Betty Cooper of Burns
ville has accepted a scholar
ship to the Parkway Play
house for this summer. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
J. Hubert Cooper and a rising
sophomore at Western Caro
lina College where she plans
to major In Dramatics.
° Miss Cooper is a graduate
of Bast Yancey High School
where she acted in “The
. Diary Os Anne Frank”. At
Cullowhee she has played in
“Bus Stop”, ”27 Wagons Os
Cotton” by Tennessee Will
iams and .the musical “Gypsy"